The frequently
asked questions shown below are in the same
order as the verses in the Book of Revelation.
The purpose for presenting the Book of
Revelation in a question/answer format is to
gently introduce you to this deep and difficult
to understand book of the Bible. For a more
detailed explanation of the book of Revelation,
please begin your study by reading: Revelation
Chp 1--What is Now. For other
frequently asked questions that discuss soul
salvation, living a righteous life and general
prophecy read: General Frequently Asked
Questions.Q1.1 What is
the purpose for the Book of Revelation?Revelation is a
gift from Jesus Christ to Christians to reveal
His pleasure and displeasure with the various
types of church congregations throughout the
Church age and to reveal in detail, the events
leading up to His return. It
describes the severe tests (the Tribulation)
that He will require all unfaithful Christians
to patiently endure; it describes His wrath and
the destruction of the earth because of the sin
and rebellion of unsaved mankind; it describes
the severe testing that He will require the
Jewish people to endure so they will see that
Jesus is indeed the Messiah they have been
waiting for; it reveals His reconstruction of
the earth and of the redemption of all of His
faithful believers.Q1.2 Why is
Revelation so difficult to understand?The book of
Revelation is probably the most difficult book
in the Bible to understand because there are
many images and symbols in the Book that need to
be correctly identified so the scripture can be
understood in today's context. Another
difficulty in understanding Revelation is that
the time frame shifts often in the chapters, so
you are sometimes left wondering which event
chronologically follows which event. Finally, the
chapters are absolutely filled to the brim with
substantial "meat" of the word, so the message
is sometimes hard to absorb because the ideas
are so complex. Revelation can only be
understood by reading and studying all its
verses and reading associated scripture such as
Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, the Epistles of Paul
and Peter and the four Gospels. This will
take serious study by the Christian.Chapter 1. The
time frame is before the start of the
Tribulation. John greets the seven
churches of Asia minor and a vision of the Son
of Man is given.Q1.3 If I hear
someone read the book of Revelation, what is the
blessing I will receive? [Rev 1:3]You must not
only listen to the passages of the book, but you
must also obey whatever Jesus commands in
Revelation so you can receive a blessing.
The blessing will be eternal life for your soul
and a commendation at the Judgment Seat of
Christ. The reader will also receive a blessing
from the reading and will be the same blessing
as the ones that hear and obey.Q1.4 Who greets
the seven churches in Asia Minor and what is the
meaning of this greeting? [Rev 1:4-5]There are four
individuals who send their greetings to the
seven churches. The first greeter is John the
Apostle. At one time he was the
pastor of the church at Ephesus and he also knew
about the six other churches in Asia Minor
(modern day Turkey). John is one of the
best examples of a Christian in the Bible and we
should observe how he serves Jesus during the
time that he writes the book of Revelation.The second
greeter has a mysterious title: from Him Who
is and Who was and Who is to come (Rev 1:4).
This greeter is God the Father. God has
always existed because He had no beginning and
He has no end because He will live forever and
ever. The Person presented here is the
Great "I am" as appeared to Moses when Israel
was enslaved in Egypt. God of course has
unlimited power and always fulfills His promises
and always helps His faithful saints to overcome
any trials and tribulation that they may
experience, just as He overcame the Egyptian
pharaoh and led His people Israel to the
promised land.The third
greeter is the Holy Spirit: the power we all have
to live a righteous life for God and to resist
evil comes from the Spirit of God. Each
Christian needs to use the power of the Holy
Spirit to help them live the life that is
pleasing to God and even more so at the end of
the Church Age and even into the Tribulation.The fourth
greeter is Jesus Christ: He is presented here
by John as the humble and suffering Savior that
the church members all know about. He will
shortly appear to the churches to evaluate their
character and their faith and later as a Judge
to the unsaved and unrepentant people of the
world.The greeting is
grace and peace, and this lets Christians know
that God still loves them even though that peace
will soon be taken away from the earth.
Thus, the Age of Grace is almost over because
Jesus will soon initiate the seven year
Tribulation to test all of the people on the
earth and the testing will even include every
one of His less faithful believers.Even when
having trials and tribulation, a Christian can
have peace because the Spirit of God is with
them. The peace is the vision that God is
in control and they will have perfect peace
because they will eventually be with God in
Heaven. The key to having this peace is to
be faithful to and relying upon Jesus Christ,
even when experiencing sorrows, persecutions,
sicknesses and even tribulation.Q1.5 Why is the
Son of Man (Jesus) now portrayed as so awesome,
majestic and fearful in Revelation? Isn't
He supposed to be the humble Savior who takes
away the sins of the world? [Rev 1:10-20]During the
Church Age, Jesus has indeed been the humble
Savior and He has saved many Christians during
the last 2,000 years. Because Jesus
perfectly completed His mission of being the
sacrifice for our sins by shedding His blood on
the cross, he has been crowned with glory and
honor by God the Father. He will soon
initiate the Tribulation and in seven years, He
will return to the earth in glory and honor. For faithful
Christians, He will be the glorious and
beautiful Savior who redeems us. For
unfaithful Christians, He will generate fear and
anxiety for a season for those that are left
behind to endure 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.
Because of this testing, they will be made more
faithful and they will then see Him as the
beautiful and glorious Savior. For the unsaved
sinners of the world, He will bring wrath,
death, judgment and eternal destruction.Q1.6 What are
the keys of Hades and of Death that Jesus is
holding? [Rev 1:18]The key to
Hades is Jesus' authority to cast anyone that
has not been saved into the abode of the
dead--Hades or Hell. The key to Death is
His authority to take the life or soul of anyone
He decides to. This could be either taking
the life of the unsaved or to take the life of a
Christian who has been unfaithful to Him.
The unsaved person's soul is cast into and
remains forever in Hell because during their
lifetime on earth they rejected the salvation
freely available by faith in Jesus Christ.
The unfaithful Christian who's soul has been
destroyed by Jesus will later be redeemed by
Him, but with loss of reward and glory and
honor.Q1.7 Please
explain the seven golden candlesticks and the
seven angels. [Rev 1:20]The golden
candlesticks represent the seven historical
churches of the first century: Ephesus, Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and
Laodicea. The seven churches also represent
seven different churches ages from the first
century to the churches of today. The time
periods are: Ephesus 33-100, Smyrna 100-312,
Pergamum 312-606, Thyatira (Catholic Church)
606-today, Sardis (Protestant Church)
1517-today, Philadelphia (Small independent
Bible Church, Home Church) 1750-today and
Laodicea (Mega Church, TV Church) 1900-today.The seven
angels represent the pastors of the seven
churches. One way that God communicates
with Christians is through the pastor. So
the pastor must deliver the message that God
requires him to deliver to his flock. This
includes the full gospel of salvation by grace
through faith through Jesus dying on the cross
and shedding His blood as a payment for our
sins. It should also include the prophetic
messages from the Book of Revelation and from
other books in the Bible.The
responsibility for knowing and obeying the
prophetic message is not only from God to the
pastor to the congregation, but also by the
individual church member reading and obeying the
message in Revelation.
Unfortunately, today, only the pastor and
members of the Philadelphia church are reading,
receiving and obeying the full message of
prophecy contained in the book of Revelation as
well as obeying all of the rest of the scripture
in the Holy Bible.Only a few of
the pastors and members of the Thyatira, Sardis
and Laodicean churches are reading and obeying
all of the scripture in the Bible and because of
this lethargy, there are serious consequences
for the pastor and members of those
churches. This lack of enthusiasm will
result in many Christians being left behind
after the First Fruits Rapture and being
required to endure severe persecution during the
first half of the Tribulation.Chapters 2 and
3. The time frame is before the First Fruits
Rapture. Jesus observes the spiritual
health of the seven churches.Q2.1 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Ephesus. [Rev 2:1-7]The Church at
Ephesus represents the churches that were
established by the apostles in the first
century. They were very strong in doctrine
including faith, understanding of the scriptures
and patience and they were very strong in
withstanding persecution from the pagan
religions around them. When they were
first evangelized by the apostles, members had
great love for Jesus, for fellow believers and
for the people of their community. We
don't know how it happened, but the members fell
away from the most important
attribute--Christian love and Jesus
strongly condemns them for this sin. He commands
them to continue in their good works, patience
and faith, but to return to their love and
fellowship with God and with their fellow
believers and friends and neighbors.Q2.2 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the
Church of Smyrna. [Rev 2:8-11]Members of the
church at Smyrna were persecuted for about 200
years (100-312). The Christians at Rome
were rounded up by the Caesars soldiers and used
for sport in the Roman coliseum and many were
tortured and killed by soldiers and wild
animals. Because of their love for and
faith in Jesus, they remained true to Him, even
when faced with death. Because they were
very faithful, they were praised by Jesus .Q2.3 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Pergamum. [Rev 2:12-17]Members of this
church represent the Catholic church that was
established by Emperor Constantine. This
church existed 312-606 AD. When the church
became part of the Roman state, persecution then
ceased. There was still faith by the
members at that time, but the church instituted
a church hierarchy at Nicaea in 325 AD to
control access to God by the clergy over the
people. Before this event the Christian
had direct access to God and Jesus severely
condemns this practice.Q2.4 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Thyatira. [Rev 2:18-29]The church of
Thyatira represents the Catholic church
(606-today). Jesus has many good things to
say to the church of Thyatira He praises them
for their good works, their love, their faith
and their patience. Their major sin is
that their doctrine has been corrupted by
including pagan practices into their
worship. This includes idol worship,
praying to saints and the worship of the virgin
Mary. Jesus warns them to repent or they
will be forced to endure 3 1/2 years of severe
testing during the Tribulation.Q3.1 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Sardis. [Rev 3:1-6]The Sardis
Church represents the Protestant churches
(1517-today). Except for a few individuals
members, Jesus has little praise for the
Protestant churches because their worship is
characterized by cold, dead formalism.
Their major sin is that they think that they are
following God perfectly but this is not Jesus'
observation. They also are not watching
and are not prepared for the return of Jesus,
hence their good works are few. They need
to make themselves ready for Jesus' second
coming by performing all of the righteous works
God has prepared for them to accomplish.Q3.2 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Philadelphia. [Rev 3:7-13]Jesus has only
praise for the Philadelphia church
(1750-today). This church was responsible
for sending out many missionaries to the world
during the 19th century and into the first part
of the 20th century. It now represents the
small Bible or home-based church with only a few
members. This church's primary focus is on
deep study and application of the Holy Scripture
to they way they live their lives and for their
service to God and their service to
mankind. They have great love and respect
for Jesus and for each other and are watching
and praying for Him to return. Because of
their faith, Jesus promises to open a door in
Heaven to remove them from the earth before the
beginning of the Tribulation.Q3.3 Please
explain the evaluation by Jesus of the Church of
Laodicea. [Rev 3:14-22]Jesus has no
commendation for the church of Laodicea
(1900-today), which is the large community or
charismatic church which buys a lot of TV time
to put their services on the air every
Sunday. Worship is characterized by loud
and repetitive music and emotional sermons from
their pastors. Their message is of
economic prosperity and good health for those
that are truly following God and poverty and
poor health for that aren't following Him.
Members are being told by their pastors that
they are doing well with their walk with God and
are performing all the good works that God wants
them to perform, especially their offering of
large amounts of money to the church.They believe
that they are rich in faith and works, but Jesus
says that they have no good works to show
Him. A major flaw is their
lukewarmness. They show little enthusiasm
for deep study and deep application of Bible
knowledge to good works that God has prepared
for them to accomplish. Jesus gives them a
last chance to walk worthy with Him. They
need to open up their hearts and minds to Him so
they can have a close, personal fellowship with
Him and to joyfully accomplish all the service
that He gives them to do. Failure to
follow Jesus' commands will result in Laodicean
Christians being left behind to endure the fiery
testing of the Tribulation.Q3.4 Jesus
praises each church for it's spiritual successes
and warns each church of it's spiritual
failures. How much time will He give the
church members to repent and to be more faithful
before the Tribulation starts?This website
went online with articles in December 2006 and
the specific warnings to each church are
presented in the article: What Is
Now--The Seven Churches. We don't
know how much longer God will give unfaithful
Christians to repent, but it can't be very much
longer. Each Christian in the world needs
to evaluate themselves and to determine their
spiritual failures and then repent and make
corrections to the way they live their
life. If you want to make sure that you
are not left behind to be tested in the
Tribulation, we suggest that you read: How to Crucify
Self.Chapter
4. The time frame is the First Fruits
Rapture. The grand throne in Heaven and
the First Fruits Rapture are described.
Q4.1 What is
the open door
in Heaven? [Rev 4:1]Because of the
faith of the members of the Church of
Philadelphia (plus a few faithful believers from
the Churches of Thyatira, Sardis and Laodicea)
this is their open door to Heaven. The
apostle John represents the most faithful of
God's servants and he is simply summoned to
Heaven, just before the start of the
Tribulation. At the First Fruits Rapture,
Jesus' most faithful followers will simply be
taken directly to Heaven to be with Him forever.Q4.2 What is
the grand throne in Heaven and Who is sitting on
that throne? [Rev 4:2-10]Jesus said to
the church of Laodicea:To him that
overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set
down with my Father in his throne (Rev 3:21).
In the evaluations of each of the churches
please note that all Christians that overcome
have been invited to rule with Jesus from this
most beautiful throne in Heaven. It is the
throne that Jesus sits on and from which He will
be ruling over all Heaven and Earth. He is glorious
in appearance and is overflowing with holiness,
righteousness, wisdom, love, strength and
justice. It is a very large throne,
because it was made big enough to accommodate
all Christians of all eras. Unfortunately,
most Christians are not faithful enough to be
counted worthy to sit on this throne with
Jesus. Jesus has now determined His
most faithful and He will share His throne with
Philadelphia Christians and the most faithful
Christians of the 2,000 Church age. After
the First Fruits Rapture, no other Christians
will be invited to sit with Jesus on His throne.Q4.3 Who are
the twenty-four elders sitting on their own
thrones around the grand throne? [Rev 4:4]The 24 elders
represent a very faithful group of Christians
raptured from the earth as well as very faithful
Christians from the Church era and since they
are sitting on thrones, they are qualified to
rule with Jesus. The number 12
represents government and twice 12 represents
ruling both in Heaven and on the Earth.
The actual count of elders from the 2,000 year
Church Age will be very many, probably in the
millions. Q4.4 What are
the Seven Lamps burning before the grand throne?
[Rev 4:5]The seven lamps
represent the seven-fold ministry of the Holy
Spirit and include the Spirit of the
Lord, wisdom, understanding, counsel, might,
knowledge and fear of the Lord.
God the Father and God the Son both use these
godly characterizes in all Their plans and
decisions that They make. Thus, no plan of
God will ever fail because it is perfectly
designed and perfectly implemented!Q4.5 What is
the sea of crystal glass before the grand
throne? [Rev 4:6]Sand is a very
common material that is found all over the world
and is dull and gritty. Upon melting by
intense heat, the sand is refined to produce
something very useful--glass. This is an
analogy to the refining of Christians, they are
refined and made pure by faith and by the
testing of their character. When they obey
God, they are turned into something useful--a faithful
believer and this is the crystal sea before the
throne of Jesus. It represents the most
faithful of His believers from the First Fruits
Rapture and from the 2,000 year Church Age.Q4.6 Who are
the Four Living Creatures in the midst of the
grand throne? [Rev 4:6]A very small
percentage of Christians are called the Bride of
Christ. They are the closest to Jesus and
are given the highest honor of reigning with Him
and sitting with Him on His grand throne.
The many eyes that are given to these believers
is their perfect wisdom and insight that they
will use to judge during the Millennium Kingdom
of Christ. One of their main duties will
to be the praise leaders in Heaven. They
will know exactly the time to give honor to
God. Their "holy, holy, holy" announcement
is to recognize the perfect holiness and purity
of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit.Q4.7 Why do the
Four Living Creatures and the twenty four elders
praise He that is sitting on the grand throne?
[Rev 4:8-11]Jesus has just
raptured the four living creatures and the 24
elders from the Earth. A short time after
the rapture, they have received their
resurrection bodies and their holy and righteous
and perfect character. They then went
before the Judgment seat of Christ and have been
counted as wise and faithful servants of His and
Christ's judgment is that they are worthy to
rule and reign with Him. They are so
grateful to Jesus for their redemption that they
are full of praise and need to express their
admiration and thanks to Him right then.Chapters 5 and
6. Events associated with the following take
place starting at the beginning and continue
to the middle of the Tribulation. The first
six seals of the scroll are opened and the
precursor to the wrath of God that will
shortly follow is described.Q5.1 What is
the significance of the Scroll with seven seals?
[Rev 5:1]The scroll is
the battle plan of action that God uses to
redeem the earth from the sin of mankind and
from the influence of Satan. It is
analogous to the closing document when you buy a
house. There are usually several problems
that need to be fixed by the seller before the
buyer will accept the house. The seven
seal Scroll specifies the conditions that need
to be fulfilled before God will accept back
ownership of the earth. Q5.2 Why did
John cry when no one in all of creation was
found worthy to open the scroll and lose its
seals? [Rev 5:2-4]John recognized
that until all of the conditions on the scroll
were fulfilled, that the earth would still be in
the hands of evil men and under the control of
Satan. Evil needed to be destroyed and
Satan needed to be arrested from tempting
mankind until judgment time.Q5.3 Who was it
that held the scroll and who was it that took
the scroll? [Rev 5:2-7]The conditions
of the redemption of planet earth were written
onto the two-sided scroll and the seals were
placed on the scroll by God the Father.
Jesus is the only one with the power and the
knowledge to fully carry out all of the
directives written in the scroll, and we know
that Jesus will perfectly complete all of the
steps required to redeem the earth and God's
faithful saints.Q5.4 Why did
the four living creatures and the 24 elders
worship and praise Jesus after He took the
scroll? [Rev 5:8]They were in
deep appreciation of what Jesus was to undertake
in opening all seven of the seals on the
scroll. They knew that until the
directives in the scroll were completed that
their brothers and sisters, the Main Harvest
Christians would still be left on the earth and
still would be unredeemed. They also knew
that God's people, the Jews would also be
left on the earth and would also be
unredeemed. Their worship was a deep
knowledge that the end of evil was near and that
Jesus would soon bring all Christians to Heaven
to be with Him and with them.Q5.5 How many
angels, living creatures and elders were
worshipping around the grand throne? [Rev
5:11-13]There are over
a hundred million Angels and Christians
worshipping Jesus around His throne. These
are the faithful believers from the First Fruits
rapture and all Christians that have died and
went to Heaven from the 2,000 year church
age. Q5.6 Please
explain why every creature in heaven, on the
earth, under the earth and in the sea would
worship God the Father and Jesus. Would
this include even those that are not saved, even
those in hell? [Rev 5:13]The holy angels
and the Christians in Heaven will certainly be
worshipping God the Father and God the
Son. Those human beings that are not saved
(both alive and in hell) will not actually be
worshipping God the Father and Christ
Jesus. They will be recognizing by the
cataclysmic events that will take place that God
is indeed in control, and they recognize that
God will not stop until He has complete victory
over evil. Knowing this, it is a complete
mystery why unsaved mankind does not recognize
their depravity and then realize that they
should turn to God for mercy.Q6.1 Explain
the significance of the Lamb opening the
seven-sealed scroll and the thunder John heard.
[Rev 6:1]The seven year
countdown to the completion of the required
actions in the scroll has started. The
noise of thunder is a warning to those on the
earth that judgment is coming. For all the
seals on the scroll, John somehow is able to see
the judgments from Jesus actually take place.Note that if
all Christians at the end of the church age had
been as faithful as those in the First Fruits
Rapture, the Tribulation could have taken place
in only 3 1/2 years instead of seven. The
first half of the Tribulation is a time used by
Jesus to test His unfaithful believers so they
demonstrate their faith in Him and to prepare
them for leadership positions in His
kingdom. The second half of the
Tribulation is a time used by God to test His
people, the Jews, and to unleash His wrath upon
unrepentant and unsaved mankind.Q6.2 Explain Seal One:
the rider on the white horse begins his conquest
of the world. [Rev 6:2]The rider of
the first horse is Antichrist. He will
begin to ride the white horse of conquest so he
can take over and rule the world. Note
that he is given a bow, but no arrows.
Because of some cataclysmic event or series of
events, Antichrist will somehow show up on the
world scene and provide an answer and a
political solution to the problems caused by
these events. He will be a very articulate and
persuasive speaker and will beguile many of the
presidents and kings of the world to let him
rule the earth. In particular, he will
find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and
will have many countries in the mid east sign a
peace treaty that guarantees security for seven
years for the state of Israel.Q6.3 Explain Seal Two:
the rider on the red horse starts war on the
earth. [Rev 6:3-4]Some time will
pass after seal one is opened. The rider
on the second horse is the President of
Russia. He will send his military along
with the military of several other countries to
attempt conquest of Israel and the oil fields of
the middle east. Russia will use some
nuclear weapons, but the Antichrist will
intervene and destroy most of the Russian
military.Q6.4 Explain Seal Three:
the rider on the black horse initiates
world-wide famine and economic hardship.
[Rev 6:5-6]Shortly after
seal two, the effects of the war in the mid east
will cause widespread economic hardships
throughout the world. Because many of the
oil producing countries are destroyed in the mid
east, little oil will be available to turn the
engines of industry and agriculture in the
world. The food supply of basic items such
as grain, cereal and bread will dwindle quickly
and the poor and middle class will barely be
able afford even simple foods. Because of
the high price of oil, many people will also
lose their jobs because many businesses will
fail. The rich will still enjoy luxurious foods
because of their large bank accounts.Q6.5 Explain Seal Four:
the rider on the gray horse creates many deaths
by plagues, hunger and war. [Rev 6:7-8]The poorer
countries of the world will not be able to buy
even simple foods such as grains and
cereals. Hence many people in those
countries will starve from lack of food.
Because of the scarcity of food, wars will be
started to take what little food is available.
From both the wars and starvation, diseases will
kill many people in the world. About 1/4
of the six billion people on the earth will die.Q6.6 Explain Seal Five:
the cry to God from the Christian martyrs. [Rev
6:9-11]Seal five
details Antichrist's persecution and destruction
of many of the world's Christians.
Immediately after the Tribulation started, the
Main Harvest Christians realized that they
needed to become more faithful. They then
began to read the Holy Bible, to pray and to
perform righteous deeds in the name of
Jesus. During seals one through four the
Antichrist persecutes them by confiscating their
property and their money, throws some of them
into prison and even tortures some.
Because they do not show allegiance to
Antichrist at any time, in Seal 5, he rounds
them up and puts many of them to death by
beheading.The Antichrist
will have control over the United States as well
as many of the other countries in the
world. Because of his power, he will seek
to put to death as many Christians in the USA as
he possibly can. After he is finished,
there will be very few Christians left alive in
the Bible Belt. After he is finished, the
mega churches on TV and in the larger cities
will have few members, because most will be
murdered. The Catholic parishes will have
very few members left alive to pray to God and
to perform works of charity at hospitals and in
poor and developing countries of the
world. Because he will control other
countries in the world, he will cause the death
of many other Christians. Christians in
third world countries will also be murdered, but
some will probably survive. In all
countries of the world, some Christians will
survive to be part of the Main Harvest Rapture,
but in the USA, their number will be few.In Heaven, the
martyrs then pray to God and ask Him why He does
not avenge their deaths upon their
murderers. God replies and tells them to
rest for a little while until the complete
number of Christians that were to be killed was
completed. This persecution and murder of
Christians will last for the first half of the
Tribulation. This is the testing by fire
that would happen to unfaithful Christians that
was promised by Jesus when He addressed the
churches of Thyatira, Sardis and Laodicea in
Revelation chapters two and three.Q6.7 Explain Seal Six
: a great worldwide earthquake awakens the world
to the coming judgments of God. [Rev 6:12-17]In seal five,
Jesus promised to His martyrs in Heaven that He
would shortly avenge their deaths and in seal
six there is a great earthquake as a warning to
the world that the wrath of the Lamb is about to
be unleashed upon the earth when the trumpet
judgments are unleashed with the opening of the
seventh seal. The wrath of God is not unleashed
upon the earth until the last half of the
seven-year tribulation. Antichrist is given a
full 42 months of unchecked reign upon the earth
until after the seventh seal is opened and the
trumpet judgments begin. Because the US
Government will persecute and kill many of His
faithful followers, Jesus will see that to it
that America is completely destroyed. This
destruction will be carried out in the judgment
of the seventh vial or bowl as stated in Rev.
16:19.Here's how it
will happen. The USA currently has great
influence over much of the world today. In the
Tribulation the USA will have even more control,
and because of this, almost all countries of the
world will hate it. God will place in the hearts
of the leaders of several of these countries a
great desire to destroy America using nuclear
missiles. These missiles will be launched over
the north pole and strike most cities and all
military installations in the US. This will
include all 50 states and territories. Details
of this destruction are written in Jeremiah
chapters 50 and 51 and in Revelation 18. In
addition, nuclear-armed submarines from China
and Russia and perhaps other countries will line
up in array around America and assist in
destroying it with nuclear warheads. The apostle
John describes the warnings that occur in seal
6. The "stars" that John sees falling to earth
are a result of this great earthquake that
causes the earth to reel and rock and stagger
like a drunkard (Is24:20). The mushroom clouds
that John sees may be a result of the worldwide
volcanic eruptions that accompany the “great
earthquake” in Rev. 6:12. To John, it looks like
the sky is being rolled up like a scroll.Chapters 7.
Events associated with the following take
place at the middle of the Tribulation.
The 144,000 faithful Jews are called by Jesus
and any Christians still alive are taken to
Heaven in the Main Harvest Rapture.Q7.1 Who are
the 144,000 virgins that are sealed? [Rev 7:1-8]Jesus has
selected 12,000 righteous Jews out of each of
the 12 tribes of Israel to serve Him during the
second half of the Tribulation. Since Main
Harvest Christians will shortly be raptured to
Heaven, God will need other servants to bring
the message of the gospel to the world.
Jesus will call 12,000 from each of the tribes
of Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Nephthalim,
Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulon,
Joseph and Benjamin.Q7.2 What is
the mission of the 144,000 virgins? [Rev 7:1-8]They will serve
Jesus on the earth and will be the evangelists
to both the Jews and to the gentiles. They
will be used by Jesus to lead many to salvation.Q7.3 What is
the great multitude of people in Heaven dressed
in white robes? [Rev 7:9-17]These are the Main Harvest
Christians that were raptured to Heaven by Jesus
at mid Tribulation. They also include
those Christians that were martyred during the
first half of the Tribulation. They have
received their resurrection bodies and now stand
before Christ's throne. They are clothed
in white robes which represent the righteous
works they accomplished during the first half of
the Tribulation. These Christians will be
close to Jesus in fellowship and love, but will
not be as close to Him as the four living
creatures and the 24 elders will be.During the
Tribulation, they experienced hunger and thirst,
both for food and water as well as for the
hunger and thirst for the holiness and
righteousness of Christ and both their spiritual
and physical hungers will be satisfied by Jesus
at the Main Harvest Rapture. During the
Tribulation, Main Harvest Christians will shed
tears of sorrow because they knew they were
there because of the weak faith they showed
before the start of the Tribulation. These
tears will be wiped away by Christ and He will
show them great love and compassion the rest of
eternity. They are accepted by Jesus as
His good and faithful servants.Chapters 8, 9
and 10. Events associated with the following
take place starting at the middle and continue
to the end of the Tribulation. The wrath
of God is poured out on mankind via
catastrophic judgments.Q8.1 Please
explain the Seventh Seal. [Rev 8:1-6]The opening of
the 7th seal signals that the wrath of God will
soon be poured out on the earth during the
second half of the Tribulation. Associated with
the 7th seal are seven trumpet judgments.
The 7th trumpet judgment includes unbridled
wrath from almighty God. After the 7th
trumpet is sounded, there will be seven bowls of
wrath cast upon the earth.Q8.2 Why was
there silence in Heaven for about half an hour?
[Rev 8:1]This is a
dramatic pause after the destruction of Babylon,
and the inhabitants of the earth will wonder
what will happen next. The unsaved of the
world will feel like the criminal that is about
to be put to death in the electric chair.
The emotional anxiety of those on the earth will
be very high because they already know that the
wrath of God will soon be unleashed upon the
earth.Q8.3 Please
explain the significance of the prayers of the
saints that are offered before the altar in
Heaven. [Rev 8:3]The prayers are
for the 144,000 Jewish servants left on the
earth and those gentiles that will hear and
follow their teaching and thus also become
servants of God. Q8.4 Please
explain the significance of the thunder,
lightning and earthquake that happened on the
earth after the angel threw fire from the altar
down to the earth. [Rev 8:5]Many times the
voice of God sounds like thunder and lightning
and has the power of an earthquake. These events
are a dramatic announcement to the inhabitants
of the earth that very shortly the first trumpet
judgment of God will sound and cause severe
destruction on the earth. Q8.5 Please
explain the first trumpet judgment: 1/3 of the
trees and all green grass were burned up. [Rev
8:7]In the first
half of the Tribulation, all of the destruction
to the earth and the death of many of the people
of the world was caused by the military of the
governments of the world. During the second half
of the Tribulation, all of the destruction that
will happen on the world, and the deaths of many
people, will be caused or initiated by God.Many of the
forest growing regions of the world will be
burnt up by the first trumpet judgment.
This would be an area of the world about the
size of the Amazon rain forest. If 1/3 of
the trees on the earth are burnt up then the air
quality will be greatly reduced. The
lungs of people will be severely effected by the
pollution produced and because trees produce
oxygen, breathing will eventually be
effected. The destruction of this many
trees will also cause inflation to rapidly rise,
effecting the cost of all wood products.Grain is a
green grass when it starts growing and is a
basic food staple for much of the world and
because of this loss, many people will
starve. Animals that depend upon grass for
food will also starve causing yet another
hardship on the people of the earth.The first
trumpet judgment is the first installment of
wrath from God upon the inhabitants of the
earth. God sometimes uses
events that occur naturally, such as earthquakes
to accomplish His plan. At other times, He
accomplishes his plan by something that does not
occur naturally such as turning all of the water
in a river to blood.Q8.6 Please
explain the second trumpet judgment: a
mountain was thrown into the sea and 1/3 of the
sea was turned to blood; 1/3 of its sea
creatures died and 1/3 of its ships were
destroyed. [Rev 8:8-9]For years,
earth scientists have predicted that there could
be a giant landslide take place at Cumbre Vieja
located near La Palma in the Canary Islands,
just off the northwest coast of Africa.
This could be the event that causes extreme
damage to the sea life and to the ships.
The fire could be the volcanic activity that
starts when the mountain slides into the
Atlantic Ocean. Another possibility is to
have a meteor or a comet hit an ocean somewhere
in the world and it would be burning brightly
when it struck the earth's atmosphere.
With either possibility, giant tsunamis will be
generated and anything in their paths will be
destroyed. The blood would have to be
caused supernaturally by God. This would
be the same as the plague caused by Moses on
Egypt's Nile River, except on a much larger
scale.Q8.7 Please
explain the third trumpet judgment: 1/3 of the
earth's fresh water was contaminated and many
people died from drinking this poisoned water.
[Rev 8:10-11]The scripture
says that a great star, called "wormwood" fell
from the sky, burning like a torch. We
don't know if this is something manmade, like a
large nuclear-powered satellite station or if it
is say a comet or meteor. Whatever it is,
it will fall on the land itself and contains
some chemical or radiation that will severely
pollute 1/3 of the rivers and springs of
water. This pollution will kill whoever
drinks it.Q8.8 Please
explain the fourth trumpet judgment: the sun
and the moon and the stars did not shine for 1/3
of the day. [Rev 8:12]Jesus said in Matthew 24:22 "and except those days
should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened." What God
does to shorten the length of a day is to
increase the rotation speed of the earth.
As all know, the rotation time of the earth is
24 hours and to fulfill Rev 8:12 God shortens
the day to 16 hours. Thus, there is a
shorter amount of time to suffer God's wrath and
because of this, fewer of God's elect will
die. We can only speculate now but there
have to be serious ecological disturbances
caused by a faster rotation speed of the earth.Q8.9 Why did
the angel say "woe, woe, woe" to the inhabitants
of the earth because of the last three trumpet
judgments? [Rev 8:13]The judgments
from the first four trumpet judgments have been
just terrible and many people of the earth have
died or suffered greatly. The last three
trumpets are even worse and are so terrible,
that many millions more people will suffer and
die; and some of their suffering will be caused
by fallen angels. The three woes will
happen towards the end of the Tribulation.Q9.1 Please
explain the fifth trumpet judgment(the first
woe): the locusts from the bottomless
pit. [Rev 9:1-12]Satan will be
allowed to open the bottomless pit where many
fallen angels now reside because they were so
evil in the time before Noah's flood and were
placed there by God at the time of the great
flood. Out will come many of these evil
ones and they will assume some of the mannerisms
of locusts. Real locusts are insects that
swarm and destroy the vegetation of the
earth. Throughout history they have
swarmed in places of the earth and destroyed
most of the vegetation, making life very
difficult for those people and animals in their
path.Ironically, the
mission of the locusts will not be to destroy
any vegetation, but to inflict suffering upon
sinful mankind that have taken the Mark of the
Beast. They will have some kind of sting
that will feel like the sting of a scorpion and
it will be so painful, that those of mankind
that are affected will want to die.
However, God will not let this happen, for they
will be tormented by these fallen angels for
five months. Since these fallen angels are
very powerful, the pain inflicted upon mankind
may be of such a high level that has never been
felt before by mankind. These locusts will
be visible to mankind and be very frightening to
them. Since these demons are protected
with some kind of armor, any defense thrown up
by mankind will be utterly useless.Q9.2 Please
explain the sixth trumpet judgment (the second woe):
the four angels are released from being bound at
the Euphrates river. [Rev 9:13-17]The four angels
that are released are fallen angels of a high
order and they will marshal armies with a total
of 200 million soldiers which will be used to
kill 1/3 of the remaining number of people on
the earth. These four angels will draw the
armies from countries that are north, south,
east and west of Israel.As the armies
of the world are set out to do battle on the
earth, many of the people of the earth will
die. The weapons used will be both
conventional arms as well as tactical and
strategic nuclear weapons. Many will die
from the radiation that is a results of nuclear
missile explosions.The final
destination for these armies will be in Israel
for the Battle of Armageddon. This battle
will be between Jesus and the Antichrist and of
course, Jesus will be victorious in this battle
and completely destroy this great army of 200
million soldiers.Q9.3 How many
people on the earth were killed by the
destruction caused by the 6th trumpet judgment?
[Rev 9:18]One third of
mankind is killed by this trumpet judgment, or
about 1.5 billion. So far in the
Tribulation 1/2 of the people of the earth have
died, or about 3 billion.Q9.4 How many
people on the earth repented of their sins of
sexual immorality, greed and demon worship? [Rev
9:20-21]None.
Even though the people of the earth know that
their suffering is caused by the wrath of God,
they love their money, drugs, sexual immorality,
and their demon and idol worship more than
anything and are not willing to give up any of
it. We do know that the 144,000 Jews are
still witnessing to mankind and there will be
some number of the gentiles that will follow the
instruction of the 144,000 and place their faith
in Jesus. The gentiles that do follow God
will not be indulging in the above-mentioned
sins.Q10.1 What is
the "little scroll" that was held in the hand of
Jesus? [Rev 10:1-11]The little
scroll is a second scroll with the written
results of the testing that was required to
refine His Main Harvest saints and His people
the Jews and the written results of the
judgments that were inflicted upon sinful man by
the opening of the seven seals from the scroll
held by Jesus in chapter 6. This is
a small scroll, but once opened, it is very
heavy to hold and has very difficult contents to
digest.Q10.2 Please
explain why God told John to not write down what
the voices in the seven thunders said? [Rev
10:4]We don't now
know what the 7 thunders said, but the scripture
is written in Revelation for a reason. I
believe that at the time of the 6th trumpet (the
time that the four angels are released from
being bound at the Euphrates River), the 7
thunders voices will be heard by all people on
the earth. The inhabitants of the earth
will then have some kind of choice to make for
good or evil. The 7 voices may even be
some kind of last-chance mercy shown by God to
the inhabitants of the earth, even though they
are experiencing at that time the unbridled
wrath of Almighty God. If any kind of
last-chance mercy is offered by God to unsaved
mankind, only those that have not taken the mark
of the Beast will be able to respond to the
voice.Q10.3 What is
the "mystery" that will be finished when the
seventh seal is later opened? [Rev 10:7]The mystery of
God is the final summation of God's revelations
and works in regard to the reinstatement of man
into his lost inheritance and the restoration of
lost fellowship with God. The
establishment of this kingdom is the
consummation of everything that Scripture points
toward. It is the prime subject of all of
God's inspirations of his prophets. Thus, every
command from God that is required to redeem
mankind and the earth will have been
accomplished. Q10.4 Why does
God command John to eat the little scroll? [Rev
10:8-11]John completely
agrees that the actions taken by Jesus to
fulfill all seven seals of the scroll are all
justified. By the time the 7th seal is
opened and each judgment has been completed, the
earth and righteous mankind has been
redeemed. This is the sweetness in eating
the little scroll. After having time to
digest the understanding of the events that have
happened during the seven years of the
Tribulation, John realized that there has been
much sorrow and suffering by both God's
righteous saints, the Jews and by sinful
mankind. This deep understanding given to
John by Jesus about prophetic events is
obviously very painful.God would have
much preferred that all of His saints had been
righteous and been taken by Jesus in the First
Fruits Rapture and not have to be persecuted by
Antichrist; but most weren't very
faithful. Jesus and the most faithful of
God's saints will also take no joy in the pain
and destruction that sinful mankind receives
from any of the judgments of God. It is a
great responsibility and a heavy weight on a
Christian's shoulders to understand prophecy,
especially prophecy of the end times.Chapter 11 and
12. Events now shift back to the middle and
continue to the end of the Tribulation.
The ministry of God's two witnesses is
described and the seventh trumpet is sounded.Q11.1 Who are
the two witnesses? [Rev 11]The two
witnesses are Enoch and Elijah sent by God to
the earth to prophesy to mankind about judgments
that are sent by God upon the people of the
earth. They will prophecy for 1,260 days
and also bring judgments upon the earth.
They will predict all of the judgments of God
that will happen on the earth during the second
half of the Tribulation. There are two
witnesses because at least two witnesses are
required to establish important truth,
especially the truth of an offense from one
person against someone else.Enoch and
Elijah will prophesy from the city of
Jerusalem. They will preach and tell the
people of the world of their sin against God and
against His people, the Jews. Because of
their message, the evil people of the world will
attempt to hurt them. However, God will
supernaturally protect them from all harm until
they complete their mission.Q11.2 Who is
the God of the earth? [Rev 11:4]Until the
Tribulation started, Satan was in control of the
earth. When Jesus opened the first seal on
the scroll, He then took back control and
ownership of the earth. Jesus is thus the
God of the earth and it will never be taken away
from Him. Q11.3 What kind
of destruction will the two witnesses cause upon
the earth? [Rev 11:5-6]They will have
the ability to send fire upon and to destroy
anyone that tries to hurt them. They will
have the ability to stop rain from falling on
earth for their time on the earth. So no
rain at all will fall, thus even less food will
be available for mankind so many will
starve. They can also turn water to blood
and to strike any people on the earth with
terrible plagues. It appears to the
inhabitants of the earth that the two witnesses
predict the terrible catastrophes from God that
are destroying the earth. Chapter
11. Revelation events now shift to near
the end of the Tribulation and the conclusion
of the mission of the two witnesses. Q11.4 Who kills
the two witnesses and how does their death
effect the people of the earth? [Rev 11:7-10]Because of
these plagues and their message, the sinful
people of the earth will thoroughly hate the two
witnesses. After their 1,260 day mission
is complete, God will allow the Antichrist to
kill them. They will be refused a burial
and their bodies will lie in the streets of
Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days. A camera will be
trained on their bodies and be viewed via
satellite on their TVs by the people of the
world. Since their pain caused by the two
witnesses will momentarily be stopped, the
people of the earth will be happy and send each
other gifts.Q11.5 Who
resurrects the two witnesses and how does their
resurrection effect the people of the earth?
[Rev 11:11-13]After 3 1/2
days, God will resurrect Elijah and Enoch and
then take them to Heaven to be with Him.
The people of the earth will see this event and
be shocked to the core of their being.
Their resurrection will be at the time of the
second woe, which was described in an earlier
FAQ. After this, the 7th trumpet judgment,
or third woe will take place on the earth. Thus,
only a short amount of time remains before the
end of the Tribulation.Q11.6 What is
the significance of the great earthquake
described in Chapter 11? [Rev 11:13]This great
earthquake is caused by God and is His response
to the murder of His two witnesses. As a
result of the earthquake, 7,000 people will die
in Jerusalem and 1/10th of the city will be
destroyed. Those left alive will be in
great fear of God.Q11.7 What is
the significance of the seventh trumpet judgment
(the third woe), which occurs near the
end of the Tribulation?The seventh
trumpet sounds and there are seven bowls of
God's final wrath to be leashed upon the people
of the earth. The bowls are intense, but
very brief, occurring within a few months or
even a few weeks of the end of the
Tribulation. The seventh trumpet judgments
will be described later when the FAQs for
chapter 15 and chapter 16 are discussed.Q11.8 Why do
the 24 elders alone worship God? [Rev 11:15-18]Because the
seven bowls of wrath happen very quickly on the
earth, the 7th trumpet blast has almost
completed it's sounding. After this, Jesus
will return to destroy evil and take back sole
possession of the earth. This is why the
elders pray and thank God for asserting His
power. The four living creatures are not
mentioned. This could be because they are
preparing themselves to come to earth with Jesus
and be by His side when He returns as King of
the Earth.Chapter 11:19
and Chapter 12 Events in Revelation now shift
to near the middle of the Tribulation. The
persecution of the woman, her child and the
remnant of her seed is described. Note
that the translators of the Holy Bible should
have included the last verse of chapter 11
(11:19) as the first verse in chapter 12.Q11.9 Why was
the temple in Heaven opened and the heavenly ark
was seen by John? [Rev 11:19]Rev 11:19 and
Chapter 12 describe how God deals with Israel
during the second half of the Tribulation.
The events associated with Israel and the time
frame is the same as was described in chapter
8. The scene is the same, the temple is
opened and the ark can be seen by John and God
is ready to test His people, Israel.Q12.1 Please
explain the role of the Woman. [Rev 12]The woman is
the nation of Israel and during her stay on the
earth she has endured many trials and
afflictions because she was God's chosen
nation. Many of the affections were a
result of her not being faithful to God.
The woman described here is the small faithful
group of apostles, disciples, prophets, priests
and kings that fully served God during Israel's
history. She also represents the remnant
of Jews that God will miraculously protect
during the second half of the Tribulation.Q12.2 Please
explain the role of the Child. [Rev 12]The child is
the Christian church that was started by Christ
during His ministry on the earth. All of
Jesus' apostles and His other disciples were
Jews and they initially carried the message of
the gospel to the world. A Christian's
attitude should be one of support and prayer for
the Jewish people because they gave us the
holy scripture, both old and new testaments and
gave us the Savior, Jesus Christ.Q12.3 Please
explain the role of the dragon. [Rev 12]The dragon is
Satan and he has hated and persecuted the people
of Israel since the time of Jacob. From
previous FAQs, we also see that he has
persecuted Christians during the first half of
the Tribulation. Since all Christians have
been raptured to Heaven by mid tribulation,
Satan will persecute and kill as many Jews as he
can during the second half of the
Tribulation. He will be allowed to kill
2/3rds of all Jews. The remaining 1/3 will
become very faithful to God and recognize that
Jesus is their Messiah.Q12.4 Please
explain the seven heads of the dragon. [Rev 12]The seven heads
represent the seven major kingdoms of the world
each of which in history rule over much of the
known world. The seven
kingdoms are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome and Babylon (the
United States in alliance with the European
Union). Satan has control over all of the
empires of the world since the time of Adam and
will control Great Babylon through the
Antichrist.Q12.5 Please
explain the ten horns of the dragon. [Rev 12]The dominant
end-time world power will be the United States
which is called the Harlot in the Book of
Revelation. During the time of the Tribulation,
the USA will be politically united with a second
great world power, the European Union (EU). The
EU currently consists of 27 countries (as of
July, 2007), and additional countries will
probably be added in the near future. Out of the
European Union will arise a dominant ten nation
alliance that will control the EU politically,
economically and militarily. At the time the
Antichrist comes to power, the EU will make him
it's leader, probably calling him the
"President", and will bestow great authority on
him. The EU united with the USA will be called
Great Babylon, and will be powerful indeed.Q12.6 Where is
the wilderness that God prepared for the woman
to take care and protect her for 1,260 days?
[Rev 12:6]The people of
Israel will flee to the wilderness. Many
Biblical scholars think that this could be near
the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan. Of
course, Satan will know that the people of
Israel will go there, but he can do nothing
about it because God will protect and feed His
people for the second half of the Tribulation.Q12.7 Please
describe the war in Heaven between Michael and
his angels and the dragon and his angels? [Rev
12:7-9]Up until the
middle of the Tribulation, Satan has been
allowed access to Heaven. God now decides
to remove Satan from Heaven and He commands
Michael, who is a great archangel to expel
Satan, and he will be cast down to the earth and
never have access to Heaven again. Satan
will resist Michael, but will be overcome along
with all of the fallen angels of Satan.Q12.8 When he
was still allowed to be in Heaven, Satan has
accused the "brethren". But they have
overcome Satan by the power of the blood.
What does this mean? [Rev 12:10]The brethren
are the Main Harvest Christians who have been
removed by Christ from the earth at the middle
of the Tribulation. During the time they
were on the earth, Satan has accused them of sin
and of being unfaithful to God. The Main
Harvest Christians were tested by Antichrist and
proved Satan wrong, because most of them were
very faithful to God, even through persecution
and martyrdom. They overcame because they
placed their faith in Jesus. Any victory
Christians have over sin is because they have
been forgiven because of the shedding of Jesus'
blood on the cross.Q12.9 If the
devil has great wrath after being cast from
Heaven down to earth, what does this mean? [Rev
12:12]Satan knows
that he will have only 3 1/2 more years to
persecute any of God's followers on the
earth. He will then expend all of his
energy and the energy of his fallen angels to
persecute the Jews and any other humans that are
faithful to Jesus.Chapter
13. Events now shift back to the
beginning of the Tribulation. The
Antichrist and False Prophet and their
persecution of the saints is described.Q13.1 Please
explain the meaning of the ten-horned beast of
Chapter 13.The ten-horned
beast represents a 10-nation organization within
the European Union and will control the military
forces of the European Union. At the
beginning of the Tribulation, the Antichrist
will assume control of this organization and the
control of the United States.Q13.2 Who is
the king that had a mortal head wound and
appeared as dead and then the wound was healed?
[Rev 13:3]This will be a
well-known individual that was formerly the
leader of some country in the world and had
received and survived a head wound of some
kind. When the wound happened, it was
announced that this king died, but this is not
what actually happened, it only "appeared" that
he died. This king will later show up on
the world stage and assume leadership over much
of the world. This will be the Antichrist.Q13.3 Why did
the people of the world worship the dragon and
the beast? [Rev 13:4]Since the
Antichrist will be in control of two of the
world's most militarily powerful organizations,
the USA and the EU, he will be able to
intimidate the other countries in the
world. They will be afraid to make war
against him and will follow whatever orders that
he gives to the leaders of other
countries. Since this man is so
charismatic, the people of the world will in
effect worship him and believe everything he
says. The unsaved of the world will not
realize it, but by worshipping Antichrist, they
are also worshipping Satan who indwells
Antichrist.Q13.4 What kind
of blasphemies would the Antichrist commit
against God? [Rev 13:5]The Antichrist
will be disrespectful of God and will seek to
destroy all that God holds near and dear to
Him. This will include the persecution and
murder of Christians and later the Jews.
The worst blasphemy that the Antichrist will
commit against God is to say that he, the
Antichrist, is "God."Q13.5 Why would
the Antichrist also blaspheme God's tabernacle
and those who dwell in Heaven? [Rev 13:6]The First
Fruits Christians have just been raptured to
Heaven to be with Jesus and the Antichrist knows
this. He will falsely blame them for some
of the tragedies that happen to sinful mankind
so far during the Tribulation.Q13.6 What
saints will the Antichrist make war against and
overcome? Why does God allow this to
happen? [Rev 13:7]Any Christians
that were unfaithful at the end of the Church
Age were left
behind to have their faith tested for
the first half of the Tribulation. During
this 3 1/2 years, the Antichrist will persecute
and murder many of these Christians. God
commands these believers to remain faithful and
to accept whatever suffering they may receive
from Antichrist because this will demonstrate
their faith in Jesus. At mid-tribulation,
they will receive their resurrection bodies and
be raptured to Heaven to be with Jesus forever.Q13.7 What is
the Book
of Life and why is it so important?
[Rev 13:8]Before God
created planet earth, He knew the names of all
of the men and women He would call that would
place their faith in Him, both Old and New
Testament saints. He then wrote these
names in a book He called the Book of Life and
this book is now in the care of Jesus
Christ. This book contains a written
record of the righteous works that each of God's
saints accomplishes during their lives and could
be viewed in a certain sense as a compendium of
biographies of all of God's faithful saints.God's purpose
for the Book of Life was to be a book that
in-fact praises His saints because they are so
faithful to Him. To have your name written
in the book means that honor, crowns, awards and
responsibility will be given to you in the
Millennium Kingdom of God and in Eternity.
You will jointly rule with Jesus over both
Heaven and on Earth and you will sit with Him on
both His heavenly and earthly thrones.In spite of
their fallen human nature, God's faithful saints
gave the Holy Spirit permission to rule in their
lives, and through the strength of God, they
overcame all of their trials and
temptations. Because they loved God, they
knew that it would please Him for them to suffer
for Him, some by persecution and some even to
death by martyrdom. Any sins that they
committed were confessed daily to God and
because of this confession, those sins were not
remembered by Jesus. With God's help these
saints were thus overcomers over their sinful
human nature and over their trials and testing
during their lives upon the earth.Many scriptures
state that God wants all of His saints to be
faithfully dedicated to Him and to say no to
their sinful flesh nature and to say yes to God
when He wants them to accomplish any good works
that He has prepared for them. So if they
are not faithful to God and instead live a
self-centered life, then that saint is not an
overcomer, and will have their names
blotted out of the Book of
Life. At the Judgment Seat of
Christ the Book of Life will be opened for each
believer and if his name cannot be found, his
soul will perish. This means that he will
receive no ruling responsibility and no rewards,
crowns and honor from God during the Millennium
or during Eternity. In effect, his life
has been a complete waste. After his
judgment, all evil habits will have been
completely erased from his life and he will be
invited to and will live in Heaven forever with
God, and he will be greatly loved by Jesus
Christ. However, because of his weak faith
and his few good works, he will not be as close
to Jesus as His most faithful saints will
be. Many tears of grief will be shed by
the unfaithful Christian because they will know
that because they did not live their lives
dedicated to Christ they have lost an
immeasurable amount of honor that could have
been theirs.For more
information on the Book of Life read: The Book of Life.Q13.8 Who is
the False Prophet? What was his purpose? [Rev
13:11]Shortly after
Antichrist comes to power the False Prophet will
also come to power as the religious leader of
the world during the Tribulation. He will
be controlled by Satan and will be an enemy of
all people that place their faith in
Jesus. He will seek to glorify the
Antichrist and will seemingly perform miracles
to deceive the people in the world to believe
that the Antichrist is actually "god". Specifically
mentioned is that the False Prophet calls down
fire from heaven. Some possibilities for
this fire could be laser weapons that zap
specified targets or even some cities.
After mid-Tribulation this fire could be videos
of the nuclear-tipped missiles that fall on
America and the atomic explosions that then
occur. Many will see these
explosions or their videos and be very fearful
of disobeying the False Prophet or the
Antichrist. They will then worship
the Antichrist.There will only
be one religion in the world that will be
tolerated by the Antichrist and False
Prophet--the worship of Antichrist.
Since the False Prophet proclaims that
Antichrist is "god", then all of the other
religions of the world will be wiped out and the
religion of Antichrist will be their
replacement.Q13.9 Could you
explain what is the image of the beast?
[Rev 13:14]The False
Prophet will document the speeches of the
Antichrist and make presentations on the
television and also make these speeches
available via the Internet on the computer
screen and on the small screens on those
wireless devices. Included in these
presentations will be praise and glorification
of the Antichrist. The "image" of the
beast was what the apostle John saw and was his
best description of what we all know is a display screen
of some kind.Chapter 13.
Events now shift to the middle and continue to
the end of the Tribulation. Worship of the
Antichrist is enforced using the mark of the
beast.Q13.10 What is
the mark
of the beast and the number 666?
[Rev 13:16-18]In the second
half of the Tribulation, Antichrist will dictate
that all purchases will be accomplished by
electronic funds transfer and hence the whole
world will be made into a "cashless"
society. We are already familiar with this
concept, because in all countries of the world,
the foundation is already here and for many
transactions, you just use your credit card or
your check card. A large computer system
complex in Europe will perform the underlying
financial processing for buying and selling all
kinds of goods and services. All countries
and companies of the world will have appropriate
access to this computer system and be able to
tally any kind of monetary transaction, paying
of salaries, taxes, etc. No printing of
money will be needed and in theory, crime could
be reduce. The "standard" of currency for
the entire world will be the Euro.At the middle
of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will do away
with the credit card and the check card and any
kind of paper checks. To identify your own
personal account, Antichrist will require all to
take the "mark of the beast" (although this is
not what the Antichrist will call it), and some
kind of oath of allegiance to Antichrist. This
will be a small computer chip about the size of
a grain of sand and will be implanted in a
person's right hand or in a person's forehead. This chip will
be used like a credit card or a check card so
that goods and services can be bought or sold by
a person. There will be three numbers,
each of which has six digits on this chip (666)
and will be the only way that a person can buy
anything. It will be modeled on the
universal product code (UPC) that you see on all
merchandise bought in stores and in shopping
centers. The number will have some form of
encryption security, so that it will be
impossible to use a person's account number by
anyone other than by the person that actually
has the implanted computer chip. If you
don't take the mark, you can't buy or sell
anything. In effect, you could starve if
you don't have some other means of acquiring
food.We suggest that
you do a search on the Web and read about the
small computer chips that are being developed
for animal and human implantation. The technology
is already developed enough today to allow the
mark of the beast to be a reality.Q13.11 How is
the worship of Antichrist enforced by the False
Prophet? [Rev 13:15]The False
Prophet will have the EU computer and network
technicians create a Website that will display
Web Pages and Videos of worship services for the
Antichrist. These services will include
speeches by Antichrist as well as comments by
the False Prophet and will be scheduled for
publication at various times during the
month. Those humans that took the Mark of
the Beast will be required to log onto this
Website and view the Web pages and videos.
The password could be their 666 number or a
password assigned to them by the False
Prophet. The False Prophet could even
include questions that the viewers would have to
reply to with an appropriate answer to verify
that they understood what the Antichrist was
saying. The Website
will then record on a database the worship
service name/time and their 666 number the False
Prophet assigned to them. This would
identify if they had indeed worshipped
Antichrist when the False Prophet commanded this
worship. Those humans that did not watch the
Antichrist worship service will be
electronically identified and will be rounded up
by the False Prophet and later executed. Some of
these executions will probably be shown on TV
later and will cause great fear of the
Antichrist by wearers of the mark of the beast.
Whether they want to worship him or not, those
that receive the mark of the beast will be
highly motivated to participate in worship of
the Antichrist.Chapter
14. Events now shift to near the middle
of the Tribulation. The 144,000 Jewish
evangelists are further described.Q14.1 What is
the connection of the 144,000 virgins in Chapter
14 with the 144,000 virgins in Chapter 7?These are the
same virgins as were described in Chapter 7 and
it is the same time period, at the middle of the
Tribulation.Q14.2 What is
the new song the 144,000 virgins hear sung in
Heaven? Why could only the 144,000 learn that
song? [Rev 14:4]This is a song
of praise of Jesus because they have complete
faith in Him and have been directly told by Him
that He will lead them to have a great ministry
for God on the earth for the next 3 1/2
years. They are joyous, because they will
have a major part in leading many of the Jews
and the gentiles of the world to a saving
knowledge of Jesus.Q14.3 Why do
these 144,000 virgins have no fault? [Rev 14:5]They are the
firstfruits of Israel and they are sinless
because their bodies have been redeemed and are
now perfect. They will have bodies like
Adam had before he sinned in the Garden of Eden.Q14.4 Why is an
angel now preaching the gospel? This
was supposed to be the mission of the church,
wasn't it? [Rev 14:6-7]This is mid
tribulation and there are no Christians left on
the earth since the Main Harvest Christians have
just been raptured to Heaven. The angel is
preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom which means
that the dwellers of the earth should obey God,
or they will experience wrath and destruction
from God. Both the angel and the 144,000
Jews will be preaching the gospel during the
second half of the Tribulation.Q14.5 Why is
Babylon mentioned here and why is "fallen,
fallen" mentioned (twice)? [Rev 14:8]Babylon has two
kingdoms: the United States which has just been
destroyed after the middle of the Tribulation
and the European Union. The EU will be
destroyed at the end of the Tribulation by
Jesus.Q14.6 What is
the warning the angel is giving to the people of
the world regarding the mark of the beast? [Rev
14:9-11]If anyone takes
the mark of the beast, certain destruction will
fall on that person. The one who worships
the Antichrist will experience the wrath of God
in the second half of the Tribulation and be
hell-bound, spending eternity there in terrible
torment.Q14.7 What is
the admonition the angel is giving the people of
the earth regarding suffering and dying? [Rev
14:12-13]Many people
will place their faith in Jesus during the
Tribulation. They should expect that many
of them will suffer and die during that 7 years,
because the Antichrist will seek to kill anyone
that believes in Jesus. Jesus encourages
them to remain faithful to Him and if they do,
they will be rewarded greatly by Him in the
Millennium Kingdom. Chapter 14.
Events now shift to the time of the end of the
Tribulation. The reaping of the earth
and the wrath of God is described.Q14.8 What is
the reaping of the earth that Jesus will
accomplish? [Rev 14:14-16]After the Main
Harvest rapture all of mankind that places their
faith in Jesus will be separated from those that
don't have faith in Him and be able to enter the
Millennium Kingdom. They will be protected
by Jesus and will have great fellowship with Him
during the thousand year kingdom. After
the Millennium kingdom, they will receive their
resurrection bodies and live the rest of
eternity in perfect peace upon the earth.Q14.9 What is
winepress of God and where does it occur? [Rev
14:17-20]Those of
mankind that did not place their faith in Jesus
during the Tribulation will be gathered by His
angels to the valley just outside of Jerusalem
and near to the Mount of Olives. They will
then be killed by Jesus. The blood from
their executions will flow to the horses'
bridles for a distance of about 200 miles.Chapters 15
and 16. Events now shift to the last few
months or weeks of the Tribulation. The
7th trumpet is sounded and the seven bowl
judgments are described. They are brief
in duration, but of great intensity. Q15.1 What is
the sea of glass mingled with fire? [Rev 15:2]All mankind who
place their faith in Jesus after the beginning
of the Tribulation and who are killed by
Antichrist during the Tribulation will be
redeemed by God. These faithful will
receive their resurrection bodies and be
perfect, without sin. They will have been
purified by testing and will have shown great
faith in Jesus. The fire is the
persecution and martyrdom that they experienced
in the Tribulation. The glass is the
purity of their characters.Q15.2 Why do
they sing the song of Moses? [Rev 15:3]All Jews that
are now redeemed are joyous before Him.
This song is given in Exodus 15 and Deuteronomy
32. The saved gentiles are also joyous
before Jesus. This is the same song that
the First Fruits Christians (Rev 5) and the Main
Harvest Christians sang (Rev 14). The song
of both is one of total redemption and the
recognition that this comes only because of
their faith in Jesus.Q15.3 Why was
the temple in Heaven filled with smoke and why
was no one able to enter the temple until the
seven plagues were complete? [Rev 15:8]God is now
ready to unleash the last bowls of judgment upon
the earth. He takes no pleasure in having
to destroy all unredeemed mankind, but has no
choice because they have chosen to reject
Him. He will see no one, not the holy
angels or any of His faithful Christians until
the seven last bowls of judgment are cast upon
sinful mankind.Q16.1 Please
describe the first bowl of God's wrath:
malignant sores. [Rev 16:2]All humans that
received the mark of the beast (666) will be
struck by God with a malignant sore that will be
very painful and ugly and disgusting in
appearance. It will be similar to the 6th
plague that God visited on the Egyptians (Ex
9:10) in the time of Moses.Q16.2 Please
describe the second bowl of God's wrath: the
sea turns to something like the blood of a
deadman. [Rev 16:3]When a person
dies, if not embalmed, in a few days will swell
up because of the bacteria in them and will
literally explode. It will be a similar
catastrophe for most of the fish and other
creatures in the se Many will die and the smell
and corpses of dead animals floating on the sea
will be terrifying and gruesome to mankind.Q16.3 Please
describe the third bowl of God's wrath: the
fresh water turns to blood. [Rev 16:4-7]The fresh
waters of rivers, streams and springs are next
turned to literal blood and will be terrifying
to behold by unredeemed mankind.
Unredeemed mankind has shed the blood of God's
people and have rejected the shed blood of Jesus
on the cross and are thus receiving their just
judgment from God by only having blood to drink.Q16.4 Please
describe the fourth bowl of God's wrath:
mankind is scorched by the heat of the Sun. [Rev
16:8-9]The sun could
send out fierce solar flares and could heat up
the world's atmosphere. The temperature on
the earth could soar well into the 100's all
over the earth, even at the north and south
poles. There are other ramifications of
this judgment, including heating the world's
oceans and possibly causing monster
hurricanes. The people on the earth
recognize that this wrath is sent by God and
blasphemed God because of it.Q16.5 Please
describe the fifth bowl of God's wrath: the
kingdom of Antichrist is filled with darkness.
[Rev 16:10-11]The darkness
will be a literal darkness and the weather will
turn very cold in Antichrist's kingdom which
will be in Europe. But they would not
repent and give God the glory. Instead,
they cursed and blasphemed the name of God.Q16.6 Please
describe the sixth bowl of God's wrath: the
gathering of the armies of the world to the
valley of Megiddo in Israel. (Armageddon) [Rev
16:12-16]First, the
river Euphrates in Iraq will be dried up and the
armies from China, Japan, India and other Asian
countries will be drawn to the valley of Megiddo
by the fallen angels. Satan will actually
use them to attempt to stop Jesus from coming to
the earth and ruling over it. Of course,
Jesus will win and Satan will be held in the
bottomless pit for 1,000 years.Q16.7 Please
describe the seventh bowl of God's wrath: the
mighty earthquake and the great hailstones. [Rev
16:17-21]This will be a
world-wide earthquake and will be the strongest
earthquake ever registered. There will
tremendous chasms, volcanoes and rockslides
caused by this earthquake and all cities of the
earth will collapse, and many of the unsaved
people of the earth will die during this great
earthquake. The hailstones could weigh as much
as 100 pounds each and the destruction they will
cause will be catastrophic.Q16.8 Please
explain what is Great Babylon and how is that
city destroyed? [Rev 16:19]The first part
of Great Babylon was destroyed (the USA) in the
second half of the Tribulation. The second
part of Great Babylon is the European Union and
it will be completely destroyed at the end of
the Tribulation. It is destroyed by fire
from Heaven and by the hail and the great
earthquake set in motion by God. The FAQs
of chapter 17 and chapter 18 will discuss Great
Babylon in detail.Chapter
17. Events now shift to the beginning
and continue to the middle of the Tribulation
and describe the great end time world power:
Mystery Babylon (also called the Great Harlot,
Great Babylon and Babylon).Q17.1 Please
identify the great harlot. [Rev 17:1]In John's day,
the harlot was the Roman empire, which
controlled or greatly influenced the known world
of that day including the kings of all of the
countries that it had conquered, their economies
and their religion. It even molded the way
that people thought. If you didn't conform
to it's rules and regulations, you could be
tortured or even killed. It's leader and
god was Caesar and his word was absolute law.The great
harlot of today is the United States. In
the book of Revelation, it is also referred to
as Babylon, Great Babylon or Mystery
Babylon. It is the richest and the most
powerful country in the world and it greatly
influences the thinking and of the economy of
the world. It's religion is freedom of the
individual, self-importance and self-indulgence
and the striving to gain as much wealth, fame
and fortune as possible. This message has
been exported to the rest of the world and most
of the world is following this religion of the
harlot.This message is
completely opposite and opposed to
Christianity. Christ wants all of His
followers to put God first in their lives; to
place restraint on how they live their lives and
in particular to live a righteous and
Christ-centered life; to not be seekers of fame
and riches; to recognize that their inheritance
is in Heaven and to be watching and praying for
Jesus' return so they can become completely
holy, righteous and sinless.Q17.2 What are
the waters that the great harlot sits on? [Rev
17:2]The waters are
the people of the world, the governments and
countries of the world and the economies of the
world. Figuratively, sitting on these
means she tells them which direction they should
go, just as if you are riding a horse you direct
it where you want it to go.Q17.3 What is
the fornication with the great harlot that the
kings and people of the earth commit? [Rev 17:2]God wants all
presidents, kings and the people of the earth to
become Christ followers. However, most
choose to follow the lead of Babylon. This
is the fornication: instead of following
God, they follow the false, self-indulgent
religion of Babylon. The most sinful part
of this fornication is to worship Antichrist.Q17.4 Where is
the wilderness where the great harlot is
located? [Rev 17:3]The wilderness
or desert is a place sorely lacking life-giving
food or water. Figuratively, it means that
the place that the harlot occupies is missing
two very important ingredient: the Holy Spirit
and knowledge of and worship of God. In
the tribulation, knowledge of God will be
difficult to come by, especially in the USA and
those people that do follow God will be severely
persecuted.Q17.5 What is
the beast with seven heads and ten horns? [Rev
17:7-14]The ten-horned
beast is the culmination of the main gentile
empires throughout history and include Egypt,
Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome and
the final world empire: New Babylon. New Babylon
or Great Babylon consists of two of the leading
world powers of the end time: the USA and the
European Union (EU). The ten-horned beast is a
ten-nation alliance that is the political
leadership and military muscle of the European
Union, and will rise out of the EU in the
end-times. The Antichrist will also arise in the
time just before the Tribulation, control both
the US and the EU and be the official leader of
the 10 nations.The Antichrist
will select ten leaders out of the European
Union and they will be appointed to run the
military of the European Union and they will
include the ten nations that have the strongest
armed forces. They will not be kings or
presidents of these countries, but are given
control over the EU military, probably via some
kind of security committee institution within
the EU. They will be controlled by Satan and
will listen to and give all of their military
authority to Antichrist. In the second half of
the Tribulation, God will place into the hearts
of these leaders a deep hatred for the United
States. They hate the harlot because of the
arrogance and pride of the USA and their
jealousy towards her great military and her
enormous riches. They also hate her because the
Antichrist also hates her and they have absolute
allegiance to the Antichrist.These ten
leaders will be given absolute control and
allowed to make plans to destroy the USA by
nuclear missiles and this destruction will take
about one hour to complete. These are the
kings that will have been given authority by the
Antichrist to rule as kings for one hour over
the ten nations (Rev 17:12).
After the USA is destroyed, these ten generals
will relinquish their control over the
militaries of their respective countries back to
Antichrist. Q17.6 Please
explain why the great harlot was drunk with the
blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs
of Jesus? [Rev 17:6]During the
first half of the Tribulation, the unfaithful
Christians from the USA, Europe and many other
countries of the world will be left behind to
have their faith tested by Antichrist. He will
have many Christians tortured or killed and the
means will be by beheading, causing a lot of
blood to flow.Those that are
unsaved in the USA and in the EU will enjoy
knowing that Christians will be tortured and
murdered in the Tribulation. Some of these
tortures and killings of Christ's believers may
even be shown on TV. The unsaved will make a
night of it and open up their beer cans and eat
their pizza while these gruesome events take
place. They will even get high on these events.
Don't say that it can't happen. The torture and
killings of Christians in the Roman Coliseum
caused the citizens of Rome to also get high. To
them, this gruesome event was the high point of
their week.Chapter
18. Events now shift to after the middle
of the Tribulation. The fall of Babylon
the Great is described.Q18.1. Why is
Babylon mentioned again as "fallen, fallen"?
[Rev 18:2]Babylon
consists of two great nations: the United States
and the European Union. "Fallen, fallen" is
sounded by the angel, because there are two
falls of Great Babylon. The first fall is during
the second half of the tribulation where God
causes the EU to hate and then destroy the USA
by nuclear missiles. The second fall occurs at
the end of the Tribulation when Jesus destroys
all of the nations of the world, including the
EU.Q18.2 What is
the abundance of luxury for Babylon that the
merchants of the become rich by? [Rev 18:3]The United
States has imported many of the luxury items
that are consumed by the people of the
USA. Some items that come to mind are
wines from France, beautiful hardwood flooring
from South America and beautiful marbles from
India and Italy. Most of these items are not
necessary to live even a comfortable life.
However, people of the US think that they need
these riches and are willing to pay handsomely
for them and the merchants of the world that
sell them are growing rich.Q18.3 Who are
the people that are commanded to come out of
Babylon? [Rev 18:4]Many Jews now
live in the USA and are warned by God that they
should leave the USA and go to Israel so that
they will not be destroyed by nuclear explosions
at mid-Tribulation. Most Jews will leave the USA
and go to Israel in the near future. They will
be forced to somehow, because very few Jews will
be reading the warning verses in Revelation.
Instead, they will be forced to leave for some
other reason. Perhaps it might have something to
do with the seven year treaty Antichrist will
arrange between Israel and the Muslim states
that surround it.Q18.4 What does
it mean--that Babylon's sins have reached to
Heaven? [Rev 18:5]Almighty God
knows of every sin that has ever been committed
by mankind. Reaching up to Heaven means that
there are so many sins committed by Babylon that
God will tolerate no more and will plan to
destroy it very shortly. The worst sin committed
by Babylon is the persecution and murder of
Christians in the first half of the Tribulation.
Shortly, Jesus will see to the avenging of the
deaths of His faithful followers, the Main
Harvest Christians, in the second half of the
Tribulation.Q18.5 Why would
Babylon say in her heart "I will never see any
sorrow"? [Rev 18:7]Because America
is so well protected by a great military
presence, the military actually thinks that the
USA cannot be destroyed by anyone. Most
Americans think that their leaders have
everything under control, and that no country,
neither Russia, nor China nor Europe, nor any
other country can completely destroy her.
However, if God wants her destroyed, it will
most certainly happen at exactly the time He has
planned.Q18.6 Please
explain the destruction of Babylon in one
day. What kind of fire are we talking
about? [Rev 18:8]The United
States will be completely destroyed in one hour.
As we have stated in earlier FAQs, it will be by
nuclear tipped missiles that fly over the north
pole and have been launched from Europe and from
China. The fire that will destroy the USA will
be from the initial nuclear explosions and
fireballs that are generated as well as the
numerous fires in the cities that will be
spawned from the nuclear explosions and will
completely destroy the country. These fires may
burn for days or even weeks or months.Q18.7 Why do
the kings of the earth stand at a distance from
Babylon after she is destroyed? [Rev 18:10]They will stay
in their own countries, away from the USA,
because of the radiation. The presidents
of the other countries of the world will see via
satellite news, that the USA is completely
destroyed and will think to themselves "I don't
want this to happen to me and my country." They
will be afraid of the Antichrist and will know
that because he controls the EU, they will not
want to arouse his anger against them.Q18.8 What kind
of economic impact on the world would the
destruction of Babylon bring? [Rev 18:11]The United
States is now buying about half of the world's
commercial goods that are sold by various
companies in the world. If a large percentage of
the market for a company's goods dries up then
that company will probably go under. Most of the
countries that have a substantial market in the
USA will face economic disaster and a depression
that will be much worse than the depression of
1929. Countries such as Japan, China, Korea and
Taiwan will be in a terrible economic situation
and economic collapse will happen in those
countries.Companies and
people of many countries in the world have
sizeable investments in American real estate,
stocks, companies and currency. That loss will
be total and will cause economic collapse by
many of those people and those companies.Q18.9 Could you
please explain in today's world what are the
goods are that are imported by Babylon from all
over the world? [Rev 18:12-13]Babylon was not
satisfied with just the basic necessities of
life, she was consumed by obtaining all sorts of
luxurious goods from the four corners of the
world. These goods included fancy gold and
silver jewelry; fine clothing made of silk;
beautiful furniture and flooring made from
exotic hardwoods; fine flooring and wall
decorations made from granite, marble and
hand-made tile. Spices included cinnamon and
other fine spices. Wine was imported from
France, Italy and Germany. Automobiles were
imported from Japan, Korea, Germany and Italy.
Fine perfumes and incense was imported from
Europe and the far east. Even the most fancy
chocolates and pasta were imported from Europe.
Delicate meats such as mutton, Kobe beef and
fish were imported.Most Americans
don't know it, but slavery did not stop in the
1860's in this country. Currently young women
are being brought into this country from places
in the far east and are currently being used as
household and as sex slaves in the US These are
the bodies and souls of men that are described
in Rev 18:13.Q18.10 Why are
the ship masters also greatly distressed by the
destruction of Babylon? [Rev 18:16-20]Most of the
goods imported from other countries into the USA
are via vessels that are owned by foreign
companies. These are large container ships that
import huge numbers of cars, trucks and heavy
equipment; electronics; wood products such as
flooring; carpets; and of course, crude oil. If
no goods are to be imported into the USA via
their ships, these ship owners will face
economic ruin.Q18.16 Why
should those in Heaven rejoice over the
destruction of Babylon? [Rev 18:10]Those that
celebrate in Heaven the destruction of Babylon
are the Main Harvest Christians that were so
brutally persecuted and many murdered in the
first half of the Tribulation. Others in Heaven
that will be joyous will be the First Fruits
Christians who were praying for and being
saddened by the persecution of their brothers,
the Thyatira, Sardis and Laodicea Christians.Chapter
19. Events are now at the end of the
Tribulation. Those in Heaven rejoice
over the fall (complete destruction) of
Mystery Babylon and Jesus returns to the earth
to destroy the Antichrist and his kingdom.Q19.1 Why are
the judgments of God against Babylon righteous?
There were a lot of the people of Babylon killed
at the end of the Tribulation weren't
there? Were all these deaths really
necessary? [Rev 19:2]In Jeremiah:
Chapter 50 and 51, Babylon was given an
opportunity to repent and to return to following
God, but it rejected this chance.
Therefore, Jesus has no choice but to destroy
Babylon/USA/EU. Yes, there were a lot of
people killed, but they didn't have to be
killed. They could have repented and
recognized that Jesus was indeed King of the
Earth, but they rejected Him.Q19.2 Why do
the twenty four elders and the four living
creature now worship God? [Rev 19:4]The European
Union portion of Babylon has just been destroyed
and Jesus has carried out all of the judgments
against the Antichrist and his kingdom.
Jesus is now ready to begin His millennium
reign. He will first restore the earth and
remove the curse from the earth. His most
faithful followers are overjoyed because they
will be coming to the earth with Him and ruling
with Him over all of the countries of the
earth. The four living creatures also
invite all those humans on the earth that were
called by Christ for salvation to also worship
Christ.Q19.3 What is
the marriage supper of the Lamb and who is His
bride? [Rev 19:7-8]The Christians
that are the most faithful to Jesus during the
Church age are the "Bride of Christ."
These are the four living creatures mentioned at
the beginning of Revelation and will be
co-rulers with Christ on the earth and in
Heaven. The 24 elders are the second most
faithful to Christ and will have positions of
high honor ruling with Him. The marriage
supper is a literal supper that will probably
last weeks or even months on the earth after
Jesus has had His angels clean it up after all
the destruction that was unleashed during the
Tribulation. We don't know what food will
be served at that wonderful dinner, but we know
that it will be delicious and that the
fellowship between Jesus and all Christians that
have been faithful to Him will be so wonderful
that words cannot express the love and joy that
all will experience.It is sad, but
not all Christians will be invited to the
Wedding Supper of the Lamb and His Bride.
All unfaithful Christians of the Church Age will
be watching from the sidelines and will have no
fellowship and will share no food with
Jesus and His most faithful saints. Q19.4 Why did
the Apostle John attempt to worship the glorious
angel? [Rev 19:9]The angel John
met was actually a First Fruits Christian that
had received his resurrection body and was
glorious in appearance, just like Jesus'
glory. This angel was one of the four
living creatures that during his life was
completed dedicated to loving, glorifying and
serving God. I believe that John was
also a most faithful follower of Jesus and at
First Fruits Rapture will also be sitting on the
grand throne in Heaven, along with Jesus.
This glorious living creature might actually be
John the Apostle after he received his
resurrection body.Q19.5 Could you
please explain why Jesus rides from Heaven on a
white horse and He is crowned with many
crowns? [Rev 19:14]In Biblical
times, the victor in a war would ride a white
horse into the conquered kingdom. Jesus
returns as a grand King over the earth and He
has many crowns because he has been victorious
in all of the battles He undertook against Satan
and the Antichrist and all of the countries of
the world.Q19.6 Who are
the armies clothed in white linen that return to
earth with Christ? [Rev 19:14]Those are
Christians and the faithful followers of God
from the Old Testament period. The white linen
represent the righteous acts that were
accomplished by them for God.Q19.7 What is
the sharp sword that comes out of Jesus' mouth?
[Rev 19:15]The sword was
one of the main weapons used to kill someone in
the days that Jesus walked on the earth, almost
2,000 years ago. It is used figuratively
here to describe how He has the enemies of God
killed: He simply says something like:
"All the soldiers in those armies attempting to
fight me are now history." They all just drop
dead, right there in front of Him. It will
appear that each of the enemy soldiers had been
slain by a sword.Q19.8 Explain
what happens in the winepress of Almighty God?
[Rev 19:15]When Jesus
returns to the earth for the final battle of
Armageddon, His foot will strike the Mount of
Olives. A great earthquake will result and
the mount will split in two and a valley will be
created that will run all of the way from there
to the Gulf of Aqaba, which is about 200
miles. In this valley is
where all the 200 million soldiers and the rest
of wicked mankind will be killed by Jesus.
The blood of His enemies that is spilled will
flow this 200 miles to the sea and be to the
depth of a horse's bridle or about four feet
deep and Jesus' robe will be stained with the
blood of His enemies.Jesus shed His
own blood on the cross and paid for every sin
that was committed by mankind. Because His
redemption has been rejected by most of mankind,
it is so ironic and sad that the blood of those
that ignored or rejected His forgiveness is now
shed and now covers His garments.Q19.9 Please
explain the title "King of King and Lord of
Lords"? [Rev 19:16]Jesus will rule
over the earth as its King. Christ is also
King of Heaven and will rule over both
forever. He also allows some of His most
faithful followers to also rule under Him as
kings. The four living creatures and the
24 elders will have honors over many of the
countries of the world during the Millennium and
during Eternity.Chapter
20. Events now shift to the time of the
Millennium Kingdom, after the
Tribulation. During the Millennium,
Jesus and His saints rule and perfect peace
and justice are administered upon the
earth. Q20.1 During
the Millennium kingdom, why was Satan bound in
the bottomless pit? Why wasn't he just
judged and thrown into the lake of fire for
destruction? [Rev 20:1-3]God has used
Satan over the centuries to reveal the evil that
is in man's heart. This is something that is not
possible for God to do Himself, since He is
absolutely holy and righteous. During the
millennium, children will be born and many will
not want to give glory to God. At the end of the
millennium, Satan will be let loose to reveal
the evil in unsaved mankind's hearts. This is
why God does not judge and then cast Satan into
hell until after the Millennium.Q20.2 Please
describe the First Resurrection of the saints.
[Rev 20:4-6]During the
Tribulation, many humans were saved by Jesus and
were killed as martyrs by the Antichrist. These
humans are now resurrected by God from the dead
and will receive their glorified bodies. These
bodies will be like Adam's body before he
sinned. They will inhabit the earth and be in
their own countries. They will have access to
Jesus and be able to worship Him whenever He
decides to come to the earth. Those that
received Jesus as Savior after the start of the
Tribulation and were later murdered by
Antichrist will rest in Paradise and be
resurrected from there.Q20.3 What will
life be like in the Millennium Kingdom?The dwellers of
the earth will be the Jews and all gentile
believers that were saved by Jesus during the
Tribulation. They will have a life similar to
Adam and Eve's life before they sinned and were
living in the Garden of Eden. They will have
jobs to do, but they will be challenging and
rewarding in every aspect. There will be no
drudgery and everyone's life will be perfect in
health. Those saints that were still alive at
the end of the Tribulation will still have their
sin natures and will still need to say no to sin
and yes to righteousness. But in the Millennium,
it will be much easier because Satan and his
fallen angels will be bound, and will not be
able to tempt mankind.These saints
will be able to have children during the
Millennium and they will be born with a fallen
human nature. These children's parents and the
redeemed Christians will hold leadership
positions and will be able to instruct these
children in the way of the Lord and of the need
to follow Jesus and His teachings. Some
will and others will not. However, sin will be
dealt will firmly by Jesus and His Saints.Q20.4 After the
Millennium kingdom has concluded, please
describe the rebellion by the inhabitants of the
earth. [Rev 20:7-9]God lets Satan
out of the bottomless pit at the end of the
Millennium. Satan then tempts all of
mankind that have not been saved. He will
gather them to do battle at Jerusalem, where
Jesus has His throne. To even think that
they can defeat Jesus is absolute folly.
They are then destroyed by Christ.Q20.5 If Jesus
rules during the Millennium kingdom and everyone
will know about the goodness of God and the need
to obey Jesus, why do many rebel against Him at
the end of the thousand years? [Rev 20:7-9]This is a
mystery. Unsaved mankind will absolutely
understand the love and the grace that God has
for mankind. They will understand all of
the predictions in the Bible about the need to
revere Jesus and and they will understand how
good He is. But they won't repent.
They don't believe in their hearts about the
consequence of their rebellion. In effect,
they would rather suffer forever than to turn to
obey Jesus.Q20.6 After the
conclusion of the rebellion at the end of the
Millennium, the devil is then cast into the lake
of fire where the Antichrist and the False
Prophet have previously been cast. What
does is mean to be tormented forever and ever?
[Rev 20:10]The Antichrist,
False Prophet, Satan, all of the fallen angels
and after the great White Throne Judgment, all
of unsaved mankind will be cast into the lake of
fire to be destroyed and then will be cast into
hell for eternity. They will not be able
to escape from hell and will be imprisoned there
forever. Their torment is to have all of the
desires they had while still alive, but they
will not be able to fulfill any of these
desires. They will have to live with their
sinful nature forever. Q20.7 Please
describe the Great White Throne judgment. [Rev
20:11-15]After the
Millennium, Jesus will then judge every unsaved
human that has ever lived on the earth including
the pre-flood era, the period after Noah's
flood, the time of the Old Testament era, the
2,000 year Church age, the time of the
Tribulation and children born during the
Millennium.At the time of
his judgment, each unsaved human that has
already died will be raised from the dead and
temporarily given a human body. They will
then stand before Jesus and have their complete
life's works evaluated by Him and each of their
works will be recognized as either good or
evil. At the end of each person's
judgment, Jesus will pronounce a sentence.
There will be lighter sentences for those that
had at least some good works and heavier
sentences for those that had only evil works. Since none of
these are saved, all are condemned and will be
cast into the lake of fire and their bodies and
their evil works will be destroyed. After
this, all will be cast into hell and be
tormented there forever, with some having a
greater torment than others. Those humans
that will receive the greatest torment will be
those that heard the gospel, but rejected or did
not respond to it.Q20.8 Where
does heaven and earth flee to during the great
White Throne Judgment? [Rev 20:11]Those that are
saved in both heaven and on the earth will not
be able to see the judgment of the
unsaved. This will be terrifying and Jesus
will not want His faithful to be present at this
judgment. Many of Christ's faithful will
have friends and family members that will not be
saved and He will not want His faithful to see
their judgment and their punishment.Q20.9 Where is
the Lake
of Fire? Will it be physically
painful for those that are cast there? Will any
Christians experience the lake of fire? [Rev
20:14]The Lake of
Fire is not a place, but a time of reckoning
where all of the sins that a man has ever
committed will be judged and then destroyed by
Jesus.The destruction
of an unfaithful Christian's sins will take
place immediately after they appear before the
Judgment seat of Christ and they will need to
take responsibility for and admit to Christ any
sins they committed. If during their lives
they confessed each of their sins to God, then
Jesus will not even mentioned those sins.
This is because Jesus forgets all sins that a
Christian has confessed to God before they die:If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John
1:9)An unfaithful
Christian will have many unconfessed sins in
front of them which Jesus will burn up with an
intense heat and they will leave the Judgment
Seat of Christ with smoke and ashes on their
garments. A Christian's resurrection body
will feel no pain, but there will be extreme
emotional and heart pain felt by the unfaithful
believer.When
experiencing the Lake of Fire, the unsaved
person's temporary body will be destroyed along
with their evil deeds and there will be physical
pain for the unsaved, because their bodies will
be destroyed by fire, but we don't know how long
this pain will last. After their bodies
are destroyed, the unsaved person's soul and
dead spirit are then cast into hell and will
remain there forever.At the end of
the Millennium, we know that Satan and the
angels that rebelled against God will also be
cast into the lake of fire and be destroyed by
Jesus. Since all fallen angels had been
originally created with a glorious body and a
holy spirit and a holy soul, we don't know what
kind of destruction by fire that is planned for
them by Jesus, but it has to be very
painful. Their punishment must be much
greater than the punishment and destruction at
the lake of fire that was dealt out to unsaved
humans. The fallen
angels lived in Heaven with Almighty God and
knew how good He is and what an honor and
privilege it was to worship, love and serve Him
and yet they rebelled and rejected their holy
and righteous state that God had originally
created them with. This was a terrible
fall and the punishment of Satan and the fallen
angels must also be utterly destructive.
After the lake of fire destruction, Satan and
all of the fallen angels will be cast into and
spend eternity in hell and be tormented there
day and night forever.Q20.10 What is
the Second
Death? Will any Christians have
any part in the Second Death? If so, why?
[Rev 20:15]The first death
is when a human being dies. The "second
death" is the death of an unsaved person's Great
White Throne Judgment body and the destruction
of all of their evil deeds committed during
their lifetime. This destruction is The
Lake of Fire.Christians that
have been unfaithful to Jesus and hence have not
confessed their sins to God will also be
included in the second-death. For an
unfaithful Christian, the second-death will take
place immediately after they stand before and
are judged by Jesus at the Judgment Seat of
Christ. Their eternal and holy bodies will
not be destroyed, but they will see each evil
work as it is destroyed with holy flames by
Jesus.This will be a
time of anguish and mourning and embarrassment
for unfaithful Christians. Many tears will
flow and deep regret will be in the hearts of
each of these Christians. They will be
forgiven, but will lose glory and honor and
leadership positions in Heaven. They could
have been kings and generals in Heaven, but
there they will be privates and have no glory or
honor.Q20.11 Where is
Hell?
What
happens
to
the
unsaved
that
are
cast
there
after
their Great White Throne judgment?We don't know
when Sheol was created by God, but in the Old
Testament, it was known by the people of Israel
and they knew that it was located somewhere in
the earth itself and was the place where the
souls of humans that died were kept until
judgment time. Jesus elaborates some on Sheol.
He described that there were three compartments
to Sheol:

Paradise was
where
the faithful saints of the Old Testament such
as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, etc. were
kept until judgment time. Jesus also called
this area, the "Bosom of Abraham". The
saints that were in Paradise were in a state
of rest, waiting for their redemption.

The Place of
Torments was the location in Sheol
where those humans that were evil were kept
and it was a place where they were tormented
and punished for their sins. It is
the place that we call Hell.

Tartaros was
the
place where some of the most evil fallen
angels were kept after they sinned against
mankind in the time of Noah. It is also called
the "bottomless pit," because it is located in
the very center of the earth, and any
direction you would travel would have to be
up. During the tribulation, these fallen
angels will be released to torment mankind
during one of God's judgments.

After Jesus died on
the cross, He went to Paradise and preached to
those there. When He was resurrected from
the dead, He then took all of the Old Testament
saints to Heaven to be with Him forever. After
the last saint left Paradise, it was not needed
and is not mentioned anymore in the New
Testament. All of God's saints that died after
that were taken straight to Heaven to be with
God and now reside there. All of evil mankind
was left in the place of torments until judgment
time. The destination for any evil person that
dies will be the place of torments, and they
will be greatly dreading their judgment at the
Great White Throne.Hell was
originally created to hold Satan and all of his
fallen angels: Then shall he say
also unto them on the left hand, Depart from
me, ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared
for the devil and his angels. (Matt 25:41)
So hell will eventually be shared by all fallen
beings: Satan and his fallen angels and
all unsaved mankind. It will be a place where it
will be impossible to escape from or be redeemed
from. An unsaved man will have his unredeemed
soul and dead spirit with him only, for no
physical body will be present in the place of
torments.After the final
judgments of sinful men and fallen angels, we
know that the earth will be cleansed, because
all evil ones will sentenced to be in Hell.
David describes their destination: The wicked
will return to Sheol, even all the nations
who forget God (Psalm 9:17).Jesus gives us
a glimpse of the suffering that unsaved mankind
will experience in Hell in Luke [Luke 16:19-31].
This is the story of the rich man and Lazarus,
but we'll only discuss the suffering in hell of
the rich man.First, we don't
know the name of the rich man. This is his first
suffering, the dead man's name will not be
known, so he will receive absolutely no
recognition from anyone. Next, there will be
agony of the soul. Although only the soul and
dead spirit are in hell, somehow the unsaved
will experience some kind of extreme discomfort,
that will seem physical. The rich man has an
extreme thirst, but will not be able to satisfy
that thirst. There will be other drives and
desires he will have, but because he has no
body, he will not be able to satisfy any of
these needs including hunger, thirst,
companionship, movement, comfort, sleep, etc.He can think,
but we don't know if he can experience any
pleasant thoughts or not. The unsaved
person could somehow see the righteous saints in
Paradise, but we are not told if he will be able
to see other unsaved persons or fallen angels in
hell and we don't know if he will be able to
communicate with them.The unsaved
person will be able to recollect his past and
his relations with other people and have concern
for his brothers that are still alive on the
earth, but will not be able to communicate with
them. He will have regrets for his evil actions
on the earth, but it is too late to do anything
because all of mankind that are cast into hell
are there forever. Hope for the unsaved will not
exist and the despair must be a very heavy
weight on their minds and emotions.Finally, the
most terrible torment will be upon those humans
that took the mark of the beast in the
Tribulation [Rev 14:9-11]. They will
somehow see Jesus and the holy angels from hell
and the righteous and holy eyes of Jesus will
penetrate to the very depths of their
souls. This torment will last
forever. Chapter
21. Events now shift to the time of
Eternity. John describes a New Heaven
and a New Earth.Q21.1 In
chapter 21, John describes a new Heaven and a
new Earth. What happens to the old Heaven
and the old Earth? [Rev 21:1]Both heaven and
earth have been polluted by sin. Heaven,
the place of God's dwelling has been polluted by
the sin of Satan and from his fallen
angels. Earth, of course, has been
polluted by both man's sin and from Satan's
sin. As we move into eternity, God sees to
it that both places are absolutely cleansed of
all sin and will be perfect places to
live. The environment of earth will be
perfect and no one will ever die or commit a
sin.Q21.2 Why does
God need to wipe away every tear from the eyes
of His saints? [Rev 21:4]A Christian
will suffer many pains over their lifetime
including physical pain and suffering; the
suffering of children disobeying and getting
into trouble; emotional sadness at times, etc.
None of these kind of pains will exist when a
Christian enters eternity because God will
insure that none of His Children suffer anymore.
They will be both internally joyous and
externally happy. The tears that
unfaithful Christians cry at the Judgement Seat
of Christ will also be wiped away. They
are forgiven and live in fellowship with God
forever.Q21.3 What is
the water of life that Jesus will give freely to
any believer that is thirsty for it? [Rev 21:6]The water of
life is the presence of the Holy Spirit who will
help the willing Christian to overcome any
temptation or trial that will be in their life.
This is a promise of soul salvation for those
that put Jesus first in their life and
accomplish the righteous works that God has
planned for them.Q21.4 Who is
the person that overcomes? What does Jesus
mean by "he will become My son"?
[Rev 21:7]Jesus is
talking about Christians. For the four
churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, Jesus
describes their spiritual strengths and
weaknesses. An overcomer will continue
accomplishing the righteousness that Jesus has
already observed. An overcomer will also ask the
Holy Spirit to help them overcome their
spiritual weaknesses. If both of these happen,
the Christian is an overcomer.The overcomer
is also counted as a mature "son", and will be
one of the four living creatures that rules and
reigns with Christ. In Greek, this is the huios or
mature son. Christians that are not overcomers
will not rule with Jesus in the millennium
kingdom or in eternity.Q21.5 Please
describe the New Jerusalem. [Rev 21:10-21]New Jerusalem
will be the most beautiful place where God the
Father and God the Son have their primary
residence and their thrones. The city will be
built upon a foundation of the most beautiful
jewels and the streets will be of gold. New
Jerusalem will also be the primary residence of
Christians of all ages and the primary residence
of all Old Testament saints.Q21.6 Why will
there be no temple in the New Jerusalem?In the past,
God has separated Himself from even His holy
angels at times. For example, He went into His
heavenly temple to be alone when the seven bowls
of wrath were to be cast upon the people of the
earth. In eternity, there will be no wrath
needed, because there will be no sin ever
committed on the earth or in heaven, so God has
determined that there is no need for a temple.Q21.7 If there
is no temple, where will the believers worship
God at? [Rev 21:22]All believers
of all ages will be able to walk side-by-side
with God and be able to see His face and
personally worship Him. There will also be
worship that involves all of God's people and
all of the holy angels. The Four Living
Creatures will lead this worship of God by all
of the inhabitants of Heaven and Earth and will
include prayer, words of praise and songs of
praise accompanied by musical instruments.Q21.8 What does
it mean that the nations that are saved will
walk in the light of the New Jerusalem? [Rev
21:24]New Jerusalem
will be the size of a small moon, about 1400
miles in size. It will orbit the earth and the
glory of God will shine upon the earth.Q21.9 Who will
live on the earth and who will live in the New
Jerusalem?God has
determined that only His most faithful
followers, the Saints of the Old Testament and
Christians of all ages will be residents of New
Jerusalem. This is a reward for being the most
faithful to Him. The residents of the earth were
not as faithful, so they are limited to a life
on the earth. This will still be a very
rewarding life for them, but to have residence
in New Jerusalem is only for God's most
faithful.Q21.10 Will
inhabitants of New Jerusalem be able to travel
to the earth? Will inhabitants of the
earth be able to travel to the New Jerusalem?
Why?Christians and
Old Testament Saints will be able to travel from
New Jerusalem to and from the earth. Those
believers on the earth will only be able to stay
on the earth and not to travel to the city
above. However, Jesus will visit the earth
and His faithful will be able to personally
worship Him there.Q21.11 What
kind of glory of the nations (from the Earth)
will be brought into the New Jerusalem? [Rev
21:24]On the earth
every human will be solely dedicated to God and
they will glorify God by perfectly following all
His commandments. God has need of nothing, but
greatly desires and enjoys the way that the
redeemed living on the earth worship, adore and
glorify Him. Their lives will be lived in
a sinless and holy manner and God will recognize
this and be very pleased.Q21.12 Why does
Revelation assert that only those who's names
are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will be
able to enter the New Jerusalem? [Rev 21:27]This is a
warning for all mankind that only Christians
(and all Old Testament Saints) can enter New
Jerusalem. Any non-Christian that is called to
read or listen to Revelation would be wise to
turn their lives over to Him and live in
obedience to Him. Note that although an
unfaithful Christian's name will be blotted out
of the Book of Life, the name is still there, so
all Christians will be inhabitants of New
Jerusalem.Chapter
22. Final encouragement from Jesus to
all Christians. The time frame is now,
before the start of the Tribulation.Q22.1
What is Jesus talking about when He says
blessed are those that wash their robes
(KJV--keep His commandments)? [Rev 22:14]Jesus is
speaking to the Christians of today. The
commandments from Jesus are to be faithful to
Him in every aspect of your life including
reading and obeying the Holy Bible, loving God
and your fellow believer, accomplishing any good
works that He prepares for you to accomplish,
watching and praying for Jesus' return and
avoiding sin in your life. Any sin that you do
commit must be confessed to God, thus receiving
forgiveness. The robes are the works that
a believer produces during their lives.
Washed or white robes are a sign of repentance
and good works performed by the believer.Q22.2 Again,
John states that the sexually immoral and
sorcerers and murders, and liars will have their
part in the Lake of Fire. Who is He
talking about? [Rev 22:15]If you read the
Old Testament very much you will read many times
that God hated the sin and rebellion of His
people, Israel. When God repeats a statement
many times, it is very wise for a person to
listen and then obey what He says. These sins in
Revelation 22:15 are sins that God has a special
hate for, so all Christians had better obey Him
and avoid these sins. If they don't, then they
will lose their soul salvation, have their name
blotted out of the Book of Life and then observe
their sins being burnt up in the Lake of Fire.
This will be extremely embarrassing for the
unfaithful Christian.Q22.3 Why are
the punishments for adding to or taking away
from the words of the Book of Revelation so
severe? Could a Christian commit such a
sin? [Rev 22:18-19]For the
unsaved, we already know that their sins will be
burned up at the lake of fire and their bodies
will also be consumed by fire. If any
unsaved person should add to or take away from
Revelation, the punishments are stated to be the
plagues written about in detail in
Revelation. So, before the unsaved
person's body is destroyed by fire, that body
will also have to endure all of the plague
judgments that were cast on the earth during the
Tribulation.Yes, a
Christian has the freedom to add to or take away
from the words of the Book of Revelation but
they are extremely unwise to do so. A
Christian that commits either of these sins will
have to confess the sin at the Judgment Seat of
Christ and have the sin burned up in front of
him and in the presence of Jesus. The
punishment for the Christian will be to have his
name blotted out of the Book of Life. This
means that all rewards and all positions of
honor in the Millennium and in Eternity will be
taken away. The consequences of this sin
will last forever.The revelations
of Jesus in the Book of Revelation are extremely
important. They warn both the saved and
unsaved that God's judgments are coming
soon. These warnings should not be ignored
and the book of Revelation should not be
altered by anyone!Q22.4 What does
Jesus mean when He says "Surely I am coming quickly"? [Rev
22:12]This is a
message for all of today's Christians. Jesus
said that He would return when unexpected: Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man
cometh (Matt 25:13). After
reading the book of Revelation and understanding
it's meaning, we should be continually watching
for His return. We don't want Him to
return and not find us following all of the
commandments and warnings He has given us in the
Holy Bible and especially in the book of
Revelation.Q22.5 At the
end of Revelation, John responds with "Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus". Why did he say
this? [Rev 22:20]John shows by
example what our attitude towards Jesus' return
should be, especially after reading the book of
Revelation: We should be watching and
praying for His return and we should prepare
ourselves for His return by living a holy and
righteous life. The First Fruits Website
Team has prepared a beckoning for the return of
Jesus: We Beckon for the
Return of Jesus Christ for the First Fruits
Rapture.